“Start-up companies, the 4th Industrial Revolution and Artificial Intelligence, the dilemmas of the convergence of the digital world with the hardware and the digital transition of the economy, are issues that need special handling, intensive effort and cooperation – both within the country and at a transnational and international level».

This was noted in her statement by the new Deputy Minister of Development, Zoe Rapti, on the occasion of taking up her duties with responsibility in the field of research and innovation.

In detail, the deputy minister stated: “It is a great honor for me to be assigned by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an area of ​​responsibility to the Ministry of Development, which is critical for the country’s economy, and indeed the one that concerns Research, Innovation and New Technologies.

In these areas, a cosmogony is already taking place on a daily basis, and there it will be decided whether our country will take a leading role in this global development.

Start-up companies, the 4th Industrial Revolution and Artificial Intelligence, the dilemmas of the convergence of the digital world with the hardware and the digital transition of the economy, are issues that need special handling, intensive effort and cooperation – both within the country and at a transnational and international level.

By developing precisely these sectors, we can hope for a further improvement of the indicators of our economy, the creation of many and well-paid jobs and the repatriation of many of our talented scientists and professionals, who will now find space for growth and distinction within our country.

I am committed to serve the position of responsibility assigned to me by the prime minister with all my strength».